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Overview

Henry Markram is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans a broad range of topics within neuroscience and related fields, with a focus on understanding neural dynamics and brain function.

Markram has contributed extensively to several main fields of study including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Their work also extends deeply into several subfields such as:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Neurology

Topics commonly addressed in Markram's research encompass:

  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • A calcium-based plasticity model for predicting long-term potentiation and depression in the neocortex, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Strong and reliable synaptic communication between pyramidal neurons in adult human cerebral cortex, 2022, Cerebral Cortex
  • Digital Reconstruction of the Neuro-Glia-Vascular Architecture, 2021, Cerebral Cortex
  • A Machine-Generated View of the Role of Blood Glucose Levels in the Severity of COVID-19, 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Impact of higher order network structure on emergent cortical activity, 2020, Network Neuroscience

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel Keller
  • Werner Van Geit
  • Eilif Müller
  • Michael Reimann
  • James King

Markram's publications have appeared in these venues multiple times:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Synaptic Efficacy by Coincidence of Postsynaptic APs and EPSPs

    Henry Markram;Joachim Lübke;Michael Frotscher;Bert Sakmann

  • Real-time computing without stable states: a new framework for neural computation based on perturbations

    Wolfgang Maass;Thomas Natschläger;Henry Markram

  • Interneurons of the neocortical inhibitory system.

    Henry Markram;Maria Toledo-Rodriguez;Yun Wang;Anirudh Gupta

  • The neural code between neocortical pyramidal neurons depends on neurotransmitter release probability

    Misha V. Tsodyks;Henry Markram

  • The blue brain project

    Henry Markram

  • Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex

    Giorgio A. Ascoli;Lidia Alonso-Nanclares;Stewart A. Anderson;German Barrionuevo

  • Reconstruction and Simulation of Neocortical Microcircuitry

    Henry Markram;Henry Markram;Eilif Muller;Srikanth Ramaswamy;Michael W. Reimann

  • Differential signaling via the same axon of neocortical pyramidal neurons

    Henry Markram;Yun Wang;Misha Tsodyks

  • Organizing Principles for a Diversity of GABAergic Interneurons and Synapses in the Neocortex

    Anirudh Gupta;Yun Wang;Henry Markram

  • Neural networks with dynamic synapses

    Misha Tsodyks;Klaus Pawelzik;Henry Markram

  • Redistribution of synaptic efficacy between neocortical pyramidal neurons

    Henry Markram;Misha Tsodyks

  • Physiology and anatomy of synaptic connections between thick tufted pyramidal neurones in the developing rat neocortex.

    Henry Markram;Joachim H. R. Lübke;Michael Frotscher;Arnd Roth

  • New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons

    Javier DeFelipe;Pedro L. López-Cruz;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Ruth Benavides-Piccione;Concha Bielza

  • Disynaptic inhibition between neocortical pyramidal cells mediated by Martinotti cells.

    Gilad Silberberg;Gilad Silberberg;Henry Markram

  • A synaptic organizing principle for cortical neuronal groups

    Rodrigo Perin;Thomas K. Berger;Henry Markram

  • Ephaptic coupling of cortical neurons

    Costas A Anastassiou;Costas A Anastassiou;Rodrigo Perin;Henry Markram;Christof Koch;Christof Koch

  • The intense world theory - a unifying theory of the neurobiology of autism.

    Kamila Markram;Henry Markram

  • Carbon nanotubes might improve neuronal performance by favouring electrical shortcuts

    Giada Cellot;Emanuele Cilia;Emanuele Cilia;Sara Cipollone;Vladimir Rancic

  • Heterogeneity in the pyramidal network of the medial prefrontal cortex

    Yun Wang;Henry Markram;Philip H Goodman;Thomas K Berger

  • Anatomical, physiological and molecular properties of Martinotti cells in the somatosensory cortex of the juvenile rat

    Yun Wang;Maria Toledo-Rodriguez;Maria Toledo-Rodriguez;Anirudh Gupta;Anirudh Gupta;Caizhi Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilad Silberberg
Gilad Silberberg Karolinska Institute
Idan Segev
Idan Segev Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Misha Tsodyks
Misha Tsodyks Weizmann Institute of Science
Javier DeFelipe
Javier DeFelipe Technical University of Madrid
Wulfram Gerstner
Wulfram Gerstner École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Menahem Segal
Menahem Segal Weizmann Institute of Science
Michele Giugliano
Michele Giugliano University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Michele Migliore
Michele Migliore National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Pierre J. Magistretti
Pierre J. Magistretti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Michael L. Hines
Michael L. Hines Yale University

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